An Analysis of Promoting Positive Behaviour in Health and Social Care

This report provides an overview of promoting positive behaviour within the context of health and social care. It begins by outlining relevant legislation, including the Mental Health Act 1983, the Mental Capacity Act 2005, and the Human Rights Act 1998, emphasizing their role in safeguarding individuals' rights and ensuring appropriate care. The report then delves into the importance of employing least interventions, highlighting their role in restoring self-control and preventing harm, as well as the necessity of safeguards, policies, and risk assessments when using interventions. Furthermore, the report categorizes and describes various types of challenging behaviours, such as self-injurious, aggressive, stereotyped, and non-person directed behaviours. The report concludes with a list of references, offering further reading on the subject.

Promote Positive Behaviour

Table of Content
P1 Legislation in health and social care
P3 Why least interventions must be used
P4 Why safeguards must be in place if interventions
are used
P8 Types of challenging behaviour

P1 Legislation in health and social care
The health and social care must be managed and controlled by
various laws and legislation. These laws ensure that services in
health care are given according to standards mentioned in
legislation. The various laws are:-
 Mental Health Act 1983- It shows rights regarding the
assessment and treatment in hospital and community. Also, it
safeguards pathways into hospitals, which can be civil or criminal.
This act protects people from discrimination in health care.

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 Mental Capacity Act 2005- It protects people who lack the mental
capacity to make their own decisions. This act covers people who
are suffering from dementia, mental health illness , brain injury, etc.
Also, it is applicable to people above the age of 16 years.
 Human Rights Act 1998- These rights are convention rights that
includes right to life, right to respect for family life and right to
freedom of religion and belief. If these rights are breached legal
action can be taken for this

P3 Why least interventions must be used
The Least interventions helps in restoring the individual self-control
in quick time period. The individual thinks about his action and this
helps in changing his behaviour. It prevents the person from getting
been hurt. Also, it provides reflection of challenging behaviour.
After an intervention, the person may not be more provoked or
hostile. Besides this, it prevents staff shortage as two or more staff
may be off when intervention are used.

P4 Why safeguards must be in place if interventions are
used
Policies and procedures are laid down to safeguard rules, risk
assessment, etc. it is done before using the least interventions.
It is useful in providing training to staff by abiding these
rules. Also, risk assessment allows staff to follow guidelines
before using any physical interventions. Furthermore, it is
done to assess the situation to ensure the safety before using
intervention.

P8 Types of challenging behaviour
A behaviour that often creates problems or difficulties is
known as challenging behaviour. It is a like a challenge to
parents, teachers, etc. to deal with this.
 Self injurious- In this, a person do harm to himself. He or
she does things such as scratching, pulling, grinding teeth,
etc. It may lead to serious consequences and impact person
mental and physical health.

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 Aggressive- In this, a person reacts similar in every situation.
It includes biting, hitting, hair pulling, etc . The individual
does harm others by doing this.
 Stereotyped- It is a behaviour in which things are being done
repetitively. It consists of repetitive speech or manipulating
of objects.
 Non person directed- A behaviour that consists of so many
factors such as damage to property, stealing, destruction of
clothing etc.

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